Re: File selector talk writeup

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 03:58:48PM -0500, Owen Taylor wrote:
> It seems to me that the general requirements for the file selector
> and the file manager are similar.... you don't want to have to
> guess CSV vs. TSV for every file in the file selector list in
> order to show the icon.
> 
> If the app wants to do more sophisticated handling, it can do it 
> when filling in the preview widget or when the file is opened.

For choosing an icon it does not matter much.  However, the
discussion began with filtering.  False positives there would be
irritating but manageable, a few more elements in a list.  False
negatives are bug reports begging to happen.

    'The damn thing won't let me open my .gnumeric
	file if it named .GNUMERIC'